Support for Leave, those who want to leave the European Union in a so-called Brexit, is growing as more results from the vote on Britain's membership in the EU roll in from local counting areas. A decisive victory for Brexiteers in Sunderland has sent the pound crashing to a 30-year low.

Farage was feeling less optimistic after the polls closed at 10 p.m. BST when he told Sky News that it "looks like remain will edge it."